I'll, instead, point out Heartbreaker Song # 10. Since Cowtown Pattie and I were memed by Whisky Prajer to offer variations on his own list of tearjerkers, I've been re-visiting old haunts. Well, at least going on figurative trips. There was a long list of contending songs to fit into the 10 limit list. Some of the candidates that did not make it, not due to their limitations but, rather, my decision-making were:1) Jackson Browne's "Late for the Sky" album. The whole album, counted as on very long song. When I do listen to this album, I can't just start and stop with one song. It's got to be the whole thing.2) Cassandra Wilson's version of the Patsy CLine made-famous-but-written-by Willie Nelson song, "Crazy".3) Loudon Wainwright III's "A Father and a Son", or "Missing You", or "Men" ....or this list can go on for a long time..4) Holmes Brothers' version of "He'll Have to Go". "Put your sweet lips...."

This old house is falling down around my earsI'm drowning in a river of my tears.When all my will is gone you hold me swayI need you at the dimming of the day.

You pull me like the moon pulls on the tide.You know just where I keep my better side.

What days have come to keep us far apartA broken promise or a broken heart.Now all the bonnie birds have wheeled awayI need you at the dimming of the day.

Come the night you're only what I want.Come the night you could be my confident.

I see you on the street in companyWhy don't you come and ease your mind with me.I'm living for the night we steal away.I need you at the dimming of the day.I need you at the dimming of the day.

Thompson's lyrics, always cut free of any excess, are almost kind here. Well, at least not as bitter as he certainly can be.

You pull me like the moon pulls on the tide.You know just where I keep my better side. What better way to describe your life's mate than these two simple lines?

....and have these two simple lines come from the mouth of Linda Thompson? No treacle, no sap. Can one be sturdy and yet melt simulataneously? For some reason, her rendition and Richard Thompson's lyrics of the song bring up visions of this film. Emma Thompson, she be at the dimming.

Thanks to all my readers for pulling through this list. Hope some songs rang familiar. Hope others prompted a listen to.